Grinnell College, Iowa, B.A. (political science), 1975. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, M.A. (urban and regional planning), 1977; Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1975-77; Thesis, Rural Health Care Development.

Researcher, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America, 1974.

Worked at Rural America (national advocacy organization for people living in small towns and rural areas) as a rural health specialist, 1977-79, and director of health programs, 1979-81.

Author of Rural Health Directory: A Resource Guide to Nongovernmental Organizations Involved in Rural Health, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1978.
Author of Health Platform for Rural America, Rural America, 1977.
Author of Pesticides and You, Rural America, 1980.

Organized forums across the United States with small farmers and migrant and seasonal farmworkers to gain information on potential hazards of pesticide use, 1979-80.

Authored report on forums, Pesticide Use and Misuse: Farmworkers and Small Farmers Speak on the Problem, Rural America, 1980.

Co-founder of the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP), 1981; has been the executive director since 1981; provides policy direction and overall coordination of NCAMP's activities to control pesticides and promote non-chemical alternatives; writer/editor of NCAMP's quarterly newsletter, Pesticides and You, since 1981; editor of NCAMP's monthly Technical Report since 1986; organized NCAMP's National Pesticide Forums held in 1981 and annually since 1984.

Provides testimony regularly before the U.S. Congress since 1979. Member, Negotiated Rulemaking Team on emergency pesticide use in the United States, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1984.

Member, Administrator's Pesticide Advisory Committee of the U.S. EPA (a panel of 16 public interest, academic and industry representatives who reviewed and offered comments on EPA's pesticide control program), 1982-83.

Member, Lawn Care Pesticide Advisory Committee, EPA, 1992.

Featured speaker, Rachel Carson Anniversary Tour of Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo [Japan], 1987.

Delegate, Pesticide Action Network meeting, Penang, Malaysia, 1989.

Board of Directors Earth Share, 1990-present, Treasurer, 1992-1996, Chairman, 1996-present.

Publications include numerous NCAMP publications, including Voices for Pesticide Reform, A Failure to Protect, Safety at Home and Unnecessary Risks, and articles for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dallas Morning News, Journal of Arboriculture, Environmental Law Reporter and numerous daily newspapers and environmental journals.

Has appeared on nightly television network news, and, other national news shows, Nightline, McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Good Morning America, Today Show, CBS This Morning, Cable News Network, and numerous local television and radio news programs across the United States and worldwide.

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